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33493 Richard Derdzinski
galadhorn Send Email
Sep 1, 2006
7:17 am
Mellyn! I want to invite you to this website - the list of the most important topics at Elendili Forum, including linguistic matters: ...
33494 Helge K. Fauskanger
helge.fauskanger@... Send Email
Sep 1, 2006
9:06 am
I've added a little info to my article about "Various Mannish Tongues" (the Taliska section): http://www.uib.no/People/hnohf/mannish.htm Ellen Schousboe...
33495 Atwe
percival64 Send Email
Sep 1, 2006
9:31 am
Hi, in this case this would be an active participle, and I would render it as *Cuilantala Tie Shine on ... Thomas Ferencz Let's discuss Eldarin languages -...
33496 Lukáš Novák
lukas.novak@... Send Email
Sep 1, 2006
9:50 am
... Does it indeed? What about the adjectives formed from nouns on -ë, like "laurea"? I am not aware of any case of -e elision before -a in Quenya. Besides,...
33497 mithrilorn Send Email Sep 2, 2006
7:52 am
... You could start from Qenya malikon, amber, since electricity is derived from Ancient Greek elektron, amber, the gem from petrified resin found at the sea...
33498 mithrilorn Send Email Sep 2, 2006
7:56 am
... (The take away: it may be truely Elvish to express events with a verb and an active subject. The language seems to demand it, reflecting how its speakers...
33499 A.W.T.
aolung Send Email
Sep 2, 2006
9:19 am
Congratulation for your really great elaboration (paradoxically evoked by a wish for a silly tatoo!). Your thorough reflections remind me of linguistic...
33500 Tapio Aura Kelloniemi
persistent.spam@... Send Email
Sep 3, 2006
3:31 am
... I think that WikiPedia in Quenya is very interesting, at least it would be very valuable to those who are studying Quenya. However, WikiPedia's intent is ...
33501 Atwe
percival64 Send Email
Sep 3, 2006
9:41 am
... It's under way... watch this space for the initial release, hopefully not in the very far future. Shine on, Thomas Ferencz Let's discuss Eldarin languages...
33502 mithrilorn Send Email Sep 3, 2006
9:57 am
... This is beside the point. Words, as letters and spoken sound, in any language carry with them a teint of what they also mean, if in a different context, no...
33503 Helge K. Fauskanger
helge.fauskanger@... Send Email
Sep 3, 2006
7:06 pm
... I would like to know if anyone is aware of a term for electricity existing somewhere in an Elvish language - I know that in early Qenya Tolkien coined ...
33504 Helge K. Fauskanger
helge.fauskanger@... Send Email
Sep 3, 2006
7:10 pm
... it _cuileantale_, assuming such a construction is permissible. Yes, _cuileantale_ could be "life-giving&quot; (giving of life) as a noun. _Cuileantala_ as...
33505 Atwe
percival64 Send Email
Sep 5, 2006
9:27 am
Hi All, this is a NeoQuenya translation of Feanor's Oath from The Annals of Aman in Morgoth's Ring. All comments welcome. Also posted in: ...
33506 Lomelindo
lindirartanaro Send Email
Sep 7, 2006
7:04 am
Greetings all, I am trying to find more on Valarin but I was only able to find a short wordlist on the Ardalambion site. Is this the only information available...
33507 Vicente Velasco
rashbold Send Email
Sep 8, 2006
7:04 am
... That is correct. The essay "Quendi and Eldar" in _The War of the Jewels_ (The History of Middle Earth vol. 11) from which the Ardalambion article is...
33508 Roman Rausch
rausch_roman Send Email
Sep 8, 2006
11:34 am
... Well, I think a first scetch of Valarin is already present in the first part of the 'Notion Club Papers' (SD:154-222). Elaborated here: ...
33509 ichthys0001 Send Email Sep 9, 2006
7:12 pm
Hello to everyone. I tried to translate the first five verses from the first letter of John, but as you will see some words in Quenya do not give the exact ...
33510 Melroch 'Aestan
melroch Send Email
Sep 9, 2006
8:03 pm
Sorry for late answer. Hectic IRL! ... There is Q. _tinwe_, N _tinw_ 'spark&#39; in "The Etymologies", which I at one point used to coin _tinwea*_ 'electric&#39;, ...
33511 Matthew Dinse
tyrhael_idhraen Send Email
Sep 10, 2006
5:13 am
... First of all, your use of _cuilé oirá_ reminded me of Book Quenya accusative, though I am unaware if the case would be extended to the adjective as you...
33512 Admiljan Drobaniku
ichthys0001 Send Email
Sep 12, 2006
9:46 am
Thank you very much for all of your remarks. They helped me see my translation from a different point of view. Firstly, I used Book Quenya accusative to give a...
33515 Matthew Dinse
tyrhael_idhraen Send Email
Sep 12, 2006
7:54 pm
The topic I wish to bring up is the runes given at the back of the Treason of Isengard. Would those be considered the predecessors of those in the LotR...
33516 Luisa Guidotti
madhatter_7@... Send Email
Sep 13, 2006
7:13 am
italiani nel gruppo? ciao a tutti il mio inglese parlato č pessimo e scritto inqualificabile... scusate tanto Luisa ...
33517 finsen@...
ravenduongla... Send Email
Sep 13, 2006
7:15 am
It is encouraging to see fellow Pink Floyd fans on the list though. caio Graeme...
33518 Melroch 'Aestan
melroch Send Email
Sep 13, 2006
1:39 pm
... Ciao Luisa, non so se ci sono italiani nel gruppo. Percaso il mio italiano patlato č pessimo, e scritto non molto migliore... Perň leggo l'italiano...
33519 An
skavox Send Email
Sep 13, 2006
6:36 pm
I'm trying to translate the saying: 'I'd rather be in Middle Earth' I'm sure 'Sennui aen naw nedh Arda' must be incorrect but would really appreciate the...
33520 Piermaria Maraziti
pierma67 Send Email
Sep 13, 2006
11:03 pm
... I'm italian and lurking from years. Ciao! --8<-----------------------------------------------------------fnord----- Piermaria Maraziti...
33521 quenarth Send Email Sep 15, 2006
6:53 am
... Ciao, Luisa! Studio l'italiano...lo so un po'di č. Piacere! E benvenuto! ~Q...
33522 Helge K. Fauskanger
helge.fauskanger@... Send Email
Sep 16, 2006
11:46 pm
I have started revising my Quenya course to take into account information published in recent years. I actually postponed this revision for the longest time,...
33523 Thorsten Renk
trenk@... Send Email
Sep 18, 2006
8:26 am
I'd like to comment on one of Helge's remarks made here in the context of ... I completely agree that it seems likely that _-lte_ would be a valid 3rd person...
33524 BertrandBellet75@...
bertrand_bellet Send Email
Sep 20, 2006
9:07 pm
Greetings all, My friend Benjamin Babut and myself would like to present a new website about Tolkien's languages we just released, entitled : _Glaemscrafu -...
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